The economics of timber and bioenergy production and carbon storage in Scots pine stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1091-1102

  Pihlainen, Sampo ^a   Tahvonen, Olli ^a   Niinimäki, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Carbon subsidy systems; Forest economics; Generalized pattern search; Optimal initial density; Optimal rotation; Optimal stand management; Optimal thinning; Process based growth model; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; TIMBER;

CARBON STORAGE; FOREST ECONOMICS; GENERALIZED PATTERN SEARCH; GROWTH MODELING; INITIAL DENSITY; OPTIMAL ROTATIONS; OPTIMAL THINNING; SCOTS PINE; STAND MANAGEMENT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84906691198     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0475     Document Type: Article

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